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National Medical Association - Region 1
Empire State Medical Association

Seventh Annual Meeting and Scientific Assembly
Cherry Hill Hyatt House, Cherry Hill, N.J. - May 26-29, 1978

Edith C. Reid, M.D., St. Albans, New York Chairperson, Region 1
Henry W. Meacham, M.D., Jamaica, N.Y. President, Empire State Medical Assn.

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[[caption]] Dr. Janet Eve, Dr. Gerard Thomson [[/caption]]

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[[caption]] Dr. John Boyce, Dr. Arthur T. Davidson, Sr., Dr. Lucille Gunning [[/caption]]

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[[caption]] Dr. Mike Hollimon addressing the Convention. [[/caption]]

Preliminary Program*

REGION I - NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Edith C. Reid, M.D., Chairperson
Principal Co-Sponsor: Empire State Medical Association

Program Chairperson: 
Gerald E. Thomson, M.D., Director of Medicine, Harlem Hospital Center and Professor of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Program Co-Chairperson: 
Randall W. Maxey, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, State University of New York-Downstate Medical Center

Program Theme: 
"STRESS, CHANGING LIFESTYLES, AND CONTROVERSIES IN MEDICINE"

SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1978
9:00 am-12 noon - Nutrition and Related Issues of Survival
• Diet, Exercise, and Health: Facts and Fantasy
• Weight Control: Approaches to Treatment
• Pre-natal Nutritional Requirements
• Early Childhood Nutrition and Mental Development and Function
• Pre- and Post-Operative Nutrition and the Role of Hyperalimentation

1:30-3:30pm - High Blood Pressure: Update
• Report of the Joint National Committee on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment
• Lifestyle Changes as Immunization Against Hypertension
• The Relationship of Diet to Blood Pressure Control
• O.J.T. (On the Job Treatment) of Hypertension

3:30-4:00pm - Health and Changing Lifestyles

SUNDAY, MAY 28, 1978

9:00 am-12 noon - Stress, Economics, and the Mental Health of Blacks
• Stress Producing Factors in the Black Community
• Reactions to Stress
-Pre-natal and Perinatal Stress
-Mental Illness
-Violence: Homicide, Suicide, and Assault
-Alcohol and Drug Dependence

*Approved for 12 Category I AMA and NMA Credit Hours.  
Application for AAFP Credits has been made.

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